The year the stars fell
Subtitle: Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian
By: edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton.
Contributors: Greene, Candace S.; Thornton, Russell, 1942-; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.); National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Publisher: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington D.C; Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780803222113
Subjects: Dakota astronomy; Dakota calendar; Dakota art; Picture-writing -- Great Plains; Winter -- Great Plains -- Folklore
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / by Candace S. Greene; title: Preface / by Russell Thornton; title: Waniyetu wówapi: an introduction to the Lakota winter count tradition / Christina E. Burke; title: Winter counts in the Smithsonian / Christina E. Burke; title: The Rosebud winter count: a recent discovery / Russell Thornton; title: Winter by winter / Christina E. Burke and Russell Thornton, assisted by Dakota Goodhouse; title: Calendars from other Plains tribes / Candace S. Greene; title: Afterword: Tasunko ota win waniyetu wówapi (Her Many Horses winter count) / Emil Her Many Horses.